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Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher (1990).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ix, 223 pages. Photos. Inscribed "To Dick, Enjoy a kinship with all animals." and signed by the author. A clean copy with little wear. "The author describes how he developed affection training, and recounts the lions, chimpanzees, bears, bulls, orangutans, elephants and tigers he has trained for motion pictures, television shows, and commercials.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. (1957).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 244 pages. Illustrated. Jacket has small chips and tears and some fading. Contents clean and tight.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1971).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine. xi, 131 pp. Photos. Index. Price-clipped dust jacket has a few short tears. Bookstore sticker to rear paste-down endpaper. "The heartwarming journal of the Birdlady of Queens, including The Warbler that Came to Dinner, Bird in a Sling - and many other delightful stories.

New York: Random House (1967).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing" stated. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 241 pages. Price-clipped dust jacket has a couple of small chips. Gift inscription to previous owner. Contents clean and tight.

Fallon, NV: Fairview West Publishing, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue cloth with silver lettering. xxiv, 418 pages. Index. A clean, nearly Fine copy.

San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Turquoise cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 150 pages. Illustrated. Index. No dust jacket. A clean copy with only light wear.

New York: Time-Life Books (1973).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Glossy pictorial boards with cloth spine. 184 pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. No dust jacket. Spine faded. A clean, attractive copy. "Explores the landforms, animal life, plants, and meteorological conditions found in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. N. C. Wyeth, et al. Later printing. Cloth. viii, 236 pages. Illustrated. Index. No dust jacket. Minor wear and some stains to cloth. A solid copy.

Reno: Nevada Department of Wildlife, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. 81 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. A solid copy with only light wear.

New York: Touchstone Books (1990).. Soft cover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. xiv, 269 pages. A clean, attractive copy.

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys (1986).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiv, 208 pp. Illustrated. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Phillip. Introduction by Gerald Durrell. Envelope with article on Bill Dove laid in at back of book.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Nora S. Unwin. Later printing. Tan cloth. 279 pp. Appendix. A nice copy with only light wear. "John Kieran, quondam sports writer, makes the quest of nature and study of birds one of the most exciting of sports." - Lowell Thomas

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1969. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Wayne Trimm. Cloth. Map endpapers. 286 pages. Christmas inscription to previous owner. "This collection of twenty wild-animal stories will delight readers of all ages. Each tale shows the point of view of one particular wild animal, describing his natural environment, the characteristics of his species, and recounting his daily pursuits and adventures.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press (1965).. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback. xiv, 262 pages. Illustrated. Maps. Index. A solid copy with only light wear.

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing (2009).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. xx, 249 pp. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt IV. Bibliography. Index. Bookplate of Nevada Senator Harry Reid. Signed by the author. A clean copy with very little wear.

Ontario, Canada: Camden House (1988).. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback. 160 pp. Photos. Index. A solid copy with only minor wear. "Concentrating on behaviour rather than species identification, the book delves into why birds act the way they do. It will raise the pleasure of birding to new heights. Starting with scenes as common as a swampy rookery of blue herons or the antics of a nesting nuthatch, Adrian Forsyth adds new meaning to the everyday experiences of birders around the world.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons (1971).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Leonard Everett Fisher. First printing, with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Cloth. xi, 240 pages. Illustrated in b&w. Bibliography. Dust jacket has chips and tears. Contents solid. "For Eiseley, storytelling is never pure entertainment. The autobiographical tales keep illustrating the theses that wind through all his writing - the fallibility of science, the mystery of evolution, the surprise of life." - Kirkus

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint (1995).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering to spine. vi, 263 pages. Inscribed "For Bob" and signed by the author in 1996. Price-clipped dust jacket has a short tear at head of spine. Contents clean and tight.

New York: Taplinger (1973).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Nancy Lou Gahan. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. 316 pp. Maps. Glossary. Bibliography. A clean, attractive copy.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. (1941).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. W. R. Lohse. Orange cloth with black lettering and decoration. 112 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the authors on the half-title page. A solid copy with only light wear.